Perlman will be hosting a new talk show, Under The Skin, which premieres on August 2nd at 9.30 pm on DSTV channel 403. The show will air every Wednesday evenings and viewers can watch the repeats on Thursday mornings.

Perlman is bringing his unmatched experience in broadcasting to this interview driven show. Perlman will be offering viewers a sneak peek into the life of prominent politicians to business leaders, sportsperson and artists. The show aims to get South Africans to appreciate the emotions and thoughts driving the citizens of the country. For instance, the first to be interviewed for the show will be Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and the world-famous HIV-AIDS researcher Dr Glenda Gray.

eNCA Managing Director Mapi Mhlangu says the addition of Perlman to the channel will bring viewers more insightful and thought-provoking programme. “With his vast experience in broadcast, John Perlman has consistently shown his ability to have difficult and necessary national conversations, drawing South Africans out to tell their truth on their own terms,” Mahlangu said. He further added, “In the quest to get all of us to know more and judge less, eNCA believes that Under The Skin with John Perlman will allow South Africans to see some of our most controversial and contested reviled personalities in a new light as full and complex human beings”.

Perlman relishing his new role said, “I am honoured to join the best news team in television. The thing about famous people is that we never know them as well as we think we do. On Under the Skin we will engage with prominent people about issues in the news in ways that also allow them to tell us something about who they are and how that shapes what they think and do.”

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